ARRIVE in a Sentence

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1. May will arrive on Friday morning.
2. He saw Emma arrive and made a quick exit.
3. Tidy the room up before the guests arrive.
4. To follow to the slope is to arrive at the river.
5. Our new stock of winter clothes will arrive soon.

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 Meanings and Examples of ARRIVE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
arrive
 v.  reach a destination
 v.  succeed in a big way; get to the top
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  It does no harm to be the first arrival by pure chance, so long as you do arrive.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII—THE SOLITUDE OF MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME
2  He had been seen to arrive by the way of the boulevard Gassendi and roam about the streets in the gloaming.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM.
3  Jean Valjean, who was present, supported the caryatid with his shoulder, and gave the workmen time to arrive.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII—THE INTERIOR OF DESPAIR
4  It was time that Bulow should arrive, as will be seen.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XI—A BAD GUIDE TO NAPOLEON; A GOOD GUIDE TO BULOW
5  They will arrive a little before dusk, three-quarters of an hour before the gates of the cemetery are closed.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE AIR OF HAV...
6  Combeferre would have knelt and clasped his hands to enable the future to arrive in all its candor, and that nothing might disturb the immense and virtuous evolution of the races.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC
7  Marius decided that in a few seconds more the moment for intervention would arrive, and he raised his right hand towards the ceiling, in the direction of the corridor, in readiness to discharge his pistol.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XX—THE TRAP
8  The most sagacious, the calmest, the most profound, decipher slowly, and when they arrive with their text, the task has long been completed; there are already twenty translations on the public place.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—CRACKS BENEATH THE FOUNDATION
9  The first to arrive at the garden railing halted, and waited for the others; a second later, all six were reunited.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—A CAB RUNS IN ENGLISH AND BARKS IN SLANG
10  He said at times: "But I am eighty;" as though he cherished some secret hope that he should arrive at the end of his days before reaching the end of his books.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER III—M. MABEUF
11  Marius was about to arrive, and he would bring good news.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—DAWN
12  To follow to the slope is to arrive at the river.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I—THE SEWER AND ITS SURPRISES
13  There was disgrace in any resolution at which he might arrive.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—JAVERT
14  Richelieu counted on his fingers, and said to himself, "She will arrive, she says, four or five days after having received the money."
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 16 IN WHICH M. SEGUIER, KEEPER OF THE SEALS, LOOKS MORE THAN ONCE FOR THE BELL
15  We depart from one place, and arrive at another, that is all.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 26 ARAMIS AND HIS THESIS
Example Sentence: (195 in 14 pages)
16  A company of travellers is expected to arrive soon.
17  He saw Emma arrive and made a quick exit.
18  The children are longing for Santa Claus to arrive.
19  To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour.
20  To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
21  The letter is to the effect that he will soon arrive.
22  I like to get everything done before the guests arrive and relax for a moment in the calm before the storm.
23  From a concealed vantage point, he saw a car arrive.
24  He found it difficult to hide his disappointment when she didn't arrive.
25  The majority of holiday flights depart and arrive on schedule.
26  Tidy the room up before the guests arrive.
27  May will arrive on Friday morning.
28  Our new stock of winter clothes will arrive soon.
29  Aim to arrive at check-in at least two hours before departure.
30  We'll have to have a blitz on the house before your parents arrive.